Radamel Falcao and his Atlético Madrid have lit up the Europa League this season. Photograph: Scott Heavey/Getty Images

Welcome to guardian.co.uk's review of the 2011-12 Premier League season. An extraordinary campaign is nearing its end and we would like you to help us choose your favourite goal, the best signing and the best manager, as well as seven other categories.

We have nominated some contenders, but this is just to get the discussion going: we would like your suggestions so that we can compile the best into final polls that you can vote on. The season doesn't finish until Sunday afternoon so the nomination blogs will be up and running later that evening, with the polls open from Monday 14 May. Thanks.

At the outset every year, the number of realistic contenders for overall victory is in double figures, more than in any other major European league. And this season brought evidence that competitiveness is gradually growing, as APOEL Nicosia and Basel showed that well-run smaller clubs can upset the established order. High-grade entertainment has been delivered all through this season, from the qualifying rounds (Panathinaikos v OB; Arsenal v Udinese) to the latter stages, with Lionel Messi setting goalscoring records and Chelsea producing dramatic victories over both Napoli and Barcelona. The best may yet be to come.

The Premier League

OK, so the richest team looks like winning it again but this season has been anything but predictable. We've had wild scorelines (Manchester 8-2 Arsenal; Manchester United 1-6 Manchester City; Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal), incredible comebacks (QPR 3-2 Liverpool; Manchester United 4-4 Everton; Swansea 4-4 Wolves), unexpectedly thrilling campaigns by Newcastle, Swansea and Norwich and a spectacular late surge by Wigan. We've had best ever seasons from several world-class players (including Robin van Persie, Ramires, Vincent Kompany and Marouane Fellaini) and been introduced to startling newcomers (such as Papiss Cissé, Nikica Jelavic, Michel Vorm and James McClean). And the stage is set for last-japes, as the title, Champions League places and third relegation spot remain undecided.

Some of the best team performances of this season came in a league that is much maligned in England, where many folks also turned up their noses at the early days of international football. Athletic Bilbao's destruction of Manchester United was exhilarating, as was Radamel Falcao's downing of Athletic in the final. Shamrock Rovers gave us one of the stories of the season and Bimringham, Schalke and Sporting Lisbon also gave us cause to cheer, as did Stoke until they decided to surrender against Valencia.

The greenhouse for Europe's elite leagues introduced us to its usual array of bright prospects, many of them at Montpellier, who, with two matches to go, are still holding off oil-powered Paris St-Germain at the top of the table. Striker Olivier Giroud and playmaker Younes Belhanda have been the most exciting sensations for a club who are on the verge of their first ever title. But Lille – led by the sublime Eden Hazard – are still in contention, while eight teams still fear taking one of the three relegation spots.

The stereotype of boring and negative sameness was again shown to be outdated as the Serie A season treated us to a parade of teams playing different styles and with fabulous players (Edison Cavani, Antonio Di Natale, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ezequiel Lavezzi) and, true to stereotype admittedly, a carousel of managers. A thrilling title race was settled by a frantic Milan derby on the penultimate day, with victory for Internazionale confirming that unbeaten Juventus were champions.

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Welcome to guardian.co.uk's review of the 2011-12 Premier League season. An extraordinary campaign is nearing its end and we would like you to help us choose your favourite goal, the best signing and the best manager, as well as seven other categories.

We have nominated some contenders, but this is just to get the discussion going: we would like your suggestions so that we can compile the best into final polls that you can vote on. The season doesn't finish until Sunday afternoon so the nomination blogs will be up and running later that evening, with the polls open from Monday 14 May. Thanks.